Clinical Analysis for 687 Cases of Early Syphilis

Objective To discuss epidemiologic and clinical characteristic of syphilis etiology and apply diagnosis and treatment bases for syphilis.Methods Retrospective analysis of epidemiologic characteristic, clinical and laboratorial examination is performed on 687 early syphilis patients from outpatient department of dermatology and venerology.Results The proportion of male to female is 1.2∶1 in these 687 cases, which are composed of primary syphilis (63.1%),secondary syphilis (32.3%) and latent syphilis (4.6%). Most of the patients (48.3%) have no jobs or are engaged in service industry. The patients aged from 21 to 40 account for 69.4% of all cases. 90.7% patients have junior high school or senior high school education.Conclusion Syphilis patients have a certain epidemiologic and clinical characteristic. And TTPA and RPR are helpful to diagnosis and treatment evaluation of syphilis.